Shami Stovall The Half-Life Empire Paperback Book

From the Dragon Awardnominated author of Astra Academy One young woman leads a ragtag band of survivors across a fractured, postalieninvasion America. Hacker Kita Yamasaki would do anything to escape the postapocalyptic landscape that was the result of the Forever Winter. But for a normal person, the only options are the warhungry nationstate of Ex Cathedra or the isolationist United California. Fortunately, Kita is anything but normal. When she finds a faded brochure for the BC Oasisan underground greenhouse capable of sheltering a quarter million peopleshe jumps at the opportunity, even going so far as to steal a fission battery the oasis requires to operate at full capacity. Theres just one problem . . . The battery belongs to the ruthless judges of Ex Cathedra. Now Kita finds herself the target of a deadly chase. In her race to safety, she picks up three fellow travelers Dallas his mute daughter, Crouton and Bishop, a junk hunter. But will they betray her and take the battery for themselves? Is one of them a member of the cultist IronBlooded who worship the few remaining alien invaders scattered across Earths wasteland? Faced with certain death if theyre caught by the judges powerarmored soldiers, Kita must put aside her suspicions and make a headlong dash for sanctuaryand the promise of a new life. | Shami Stovall The Half-Life Empire Paperback Book